tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post8769290695147921533..comments2018-11-20T18:29:41.955-08:00Comments on SOME SOLDIER'S MOM: New PerspectivesSome Soldier's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934456863737157251noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-18647445610959147192007-06-25T23:31:00.000-07:002007-06-25T23:31:00.000-07:00First off, glad to hear your son is doing better.S...First off, glad to hear your son is doing better.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, please keep in mind the perspective that there would be fewer Iraqi deaths if America had never gone into Iraq in the first place. While morally we now are obligated to stay in the country, politically speaking both the Democrats and the Republicans will be calling for redeployment unless Gen. Patreus delivers a promising report this Sept. Most Americans cannot stomach fighting the long hard fight, and the politicians do not want to risk seeing another Saigon-style evacuation.<BR/><BR/>Also keep in mind that the U.S. has lost fewer of her citizens in the last 5.5 years of fighting in the Middle East than in the 10 year period from the first World Trade Center attacks to 9/11.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-19147726122370689632007-04-30T22:30:00.000-07:002007-04-30T22:30:00.000-07:00You know, Shano, you're just a little too quick to...You know, Shano, you're just a little too quick to defend the Dems here... and if you'd actually bothered to READ what I wrote <BR/>Iraqis will <I>most likely</I> die in the violence <I>likely</I> to ensue if we leave <BR/>and for Heaven's sake -- you're actually willing to RISK those deaths... what will you say then -- OOPS? Who cares if it's a civil war -- we should stay until the Iraqis can quell it themselves -- and kill the foreigners propogating the sectarian violence.<BR/><BR/>Diplomacy? WITH WHOM? Ossama in a cave? We don't negotiate with terrorists... it just encourages the rat bastards... or have you even read about the Carter era fiasco in Iran? Hammer out a political solution? So, how long should we give them -- it's been just 15 months since they adopted their constitution and elected their government? How long, Shano? and do you think additional violence and deaths will hurry that process?<BR/><BR/>and 70% of Iraqis want us to leave? yes -- but not right now... and 82% think they are better off without Saddam... and 100% of Americans want Americans out (including me)-- but when the Iraqis can defend themselves.<BR/><BR/>The "wall" in Baghdad is not Bush's -- it is the military's TEMPORARY attempt to quell violence -- while a political solution is worked out AND the militias and the terrorists are disarmed... good heavens -- get a grip... It's not the Berlin wall... it's between two neighborhoods in one corner of Baghdad... we have gated communities in AZ that are larger.<BR/><BR/>It's not about "fresh thinking" by the Dems... cut & run worked for them in Vietnam... or did you forget that that was Kennedy's/Johnson's war... and the Dems funded it until a Republican President was elected -- and that MILLIONS of Vietnamese and Cambodians died when Congress cut off funding, set a deadline and pulled the troops. Oh. Yeah.<BR/><BR/>I'm not defending any politicians -- but I am condemning Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and the 3 Johns as being so politicized that it makes my stomach flip and my blood boil every time one of them spouts that brown stuff and says it's because they "support the troops". BS.<BR/><BR/>If it were really about supporting the troops, the funding legislation would contain everything the military needed to SUCCEED in Iraq without restrictions and surrender dates... and it would contain more for Veterans Healthcare than for peanut storage and spinach farmers.Some Soldier's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934456863737157251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-80086901273734637252007-04-30T16:23:00.000-07:002007-04-30T16:23:00.000-07:00Respectfully, Try a new perspective? Lets see, ho...Respectfully, Try a new perspective? Lets see, how about 70% of Iraqis want the Americans to leave.<BR/><BR/>And how do you KNOW for a fact that there will be a bloodbath if we withdraw? No one can say this for a certainty. Create a framwork for Iraqis to run their own country after the oil bill and other bits of legislation in Iraq is signed and agreed. <BR/><BR/> Create jobs for Iraqis that lead to employment so you dont have the discontented young male population stewing idle.<BR/>Create some secular schools with good security, for example.<BR/>Nothing is being done about the root causes of radicalism fomenting in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>How about giving jobs to the locals instead of Haliburton? How about programs for grass root improvements in Iraqis daily lives?<BR/><BR/>Maybe if there was some rational diplomacy, bringing the region together to solve some of the problems, then things will get better. It is in the Middle Easts best interests to come together on this point, and has to be done if any goals can be accomplished.<BR/><BR/>America had a bloody civil war while creating their own history of a Republic. Bush wants now to partition Bagdad with a wall? Look at the good that has done in the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. Please, there are better ideas not being considered.<BR/><BR/>The bashing of Democrats is too steriotyped here. They simply want some fresh thinking on how to make the outcome more positive. So far, relying on a military solution, no matter how great a job our soldiers are doing, is not resolving much.<BR/><BR/>So Bush admin. say they will re-evaluate the surge in Sept? Good. But think the Iraqi government needs to have consequences if they dont reach some benchmarks in meeting political goals.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I wish all the troops well, but the politicians need to step up, both Iraqis and Americans to hammer out the political solutions. Otherwise our grandchildren will be shipping over to the Middle East.<BR/><BR/>Just frustrated by the simple thinking that Bush is all good, Dems are all bad, when none of the real problems are being addressed by either side.shanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699259048277812486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-40780999489405689292007-04-28T07:29:00.000-07:002007-04-28T07:29:00.000-07:00I too am glad to hear that Noah (Hi Noah!) is doin...I too am glad to hear that Noah (Hi Noah!) is doing better. The most difficult thing for a Mom's heart is to hear sadness or despair in their child's voice and not be able to make it all better. (oh, for those days of the magic kiss on the boo-boo)<BR/>I have been also thinking about the Iraqi people and what would become of them if we up and leave and Reid, <BR/>et al their wish. I remember the last days of Viet Nam very well and have worked alongside of the children and grandchildren of those who died in the days after we left or who have parents that can never go back to their homeland without facing certain death. <BR/>You're so right ~ the democrats don't care. All they want is the power and it doesn't matter how much blood is spilled to acquire it apparently. And aren't all the hearings and investigations into "evil Bush and Co" a wonderful distraction from their heartlessness.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to meeting you in DC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-38230047820764129732007-04-28T04:05:00.000-07:002007-04-28T04:05:00.000-07:00I am so glad that the old Noah is starting to emer...I am so glad that the old Noah is starting to emerge.<BR/>The house is looking good.<BR/>My prayers are with you SSM>Call Me Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04556766960758796894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-16489641182569466452007-04-26T03:41:00.000-07:002007-04-26T03:41:00.000-07:00Great letter!!! I'm glad to hear that Noah is doin...Great letter!!! I'm glad to hear that Noah is doing better. It's young men and women that serve in harms way who will always have my respect. I only pray that in the future, they may run for office and knowing what it's like to serve, will guide this country to a positive future for my daughters.<BR/>Semper Fi,<BR/>TacoTaco Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13702737837137799179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-13614496791250933922007-04-25T16:26:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:26:00.000-07:00I, too, agree with you and my frustration level wi...I, too, agree with you and my frustration level with the powers that be. With my daughter preparing to return to Iraq I want all Americans to remember that freedom is a cherished right and we should NEVER take it for granted. Have a safe trip and I will be looking forward to your report on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-69418045790702798422007-04-25T07:29:00.000-07:002007-04-25T07:29:00.000-07:00So much to comment on. I will simply agree with y...So much to comment on. I will simply agree with you and thank you for sharing a well-articulated perspective on the Democratic position. I think you are spot on correct.Butterfly Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795994131755311131noreply@blogger.com